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Prolonged dispute over Fanney Khan‘s distribution rights continue as Vashu Bhagnani files FIR against Prernaa Arora. A month ago, Vashu had filed a case against the team of Fanney Khan alleging they hadn’t rightfully credited him as the distributor. Now, Vashu has filed an FIR against former co-producer of KriArj Entertainment.
The case is registered against company members Prernaa, Protima Arora and Arjun Kapoor and has been forwarded to the Economic Offence Wing (EOW). In a conversation with Mid Day, Bhagnani’s lawyer, Vibhav Krishna, shares about the two-part complaint his client continues to fight for credit in Fanney Khan.
“KriArj has sold the India theatrical distribution [rights] to my client for Rs 10 crore. Rs 5.5 crore was to be paid when signing the agreement on December 16, 2017, and the rest, a week before the release [of the film]. Since Prernaa needed money, my client paid her Rs 8.5 crore in advance. Now, [co-producers] T-Series tells us we don’t have rights to distribute the film,” said Krishna.
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In addition, Bhagnani’s FIR also charged Arora for apparently violating a bulk deal they had entered into. “Bhagnani’s company, Pooja Entertainment And Films Limited, entered into a bulk deal to get the theatrical distribution rights in India for Parmanu: The Story Of Pokhran, Fanney Khan, Batti Gul Meter Chalu, Kedarnath, and a couple of other ventures. As for a deal made for PadMan, that my client had also invested in, KriArj Entertainment had instructed Sony Pictures to pay Bhagnani a sum from the money collected after the release. The payment was to be made by April 15, but it hasn’t been done,” he further informed.